mattosmond

if you are really intrested you could ring VW with the reg number and see if they have any SH on it.... It might be of some use or none at all!! The mk4 is a really nice golf, the non pd engines can still be chipped and made to be quite nippy, although I dont think i'd bother if its got 180k on it.. Out of interest how much is it? I wouldnt want to pay anymore than £1500 imho.

i had a similar issue on my 2.0 8v golf - turned out to be the throttle body. but it was naturally aspirated so i dont know if it is an issue on the supercharged cars, but it is cheap and easy to find out... just take the throttle body off and give it a clean with brake cleaner. sorry if this is of no use, hope you get it sorted. :)

anndy - i was in london last weekend and stopped at a bp near earls court the petrol was 101.9 ...... cheaper than it is near southampton... so i do think it just varies on where you go tbh.. ps i agree texaco are v expensive all the time..

whats the mileage? Service history? body work condition? if it is a genuine car then i would sel her instead of breaking... it is alot kinder allround!! :)

sorry, i only just looked at this thread again today...... i did get it fitted by halfrauds, but the original sony wiring loom just slotted in a dream, so they didnt have to do any work themselves... thank god...

i bought one today and had it fitted... it seems to be a good little system, the bluetooth works well and is very clear... I paid £99.99 so i think its a real steal..

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manifold heatshield? downpipe heatshield? I had a really nasty rattle on my gti and all garages said it was coming from the back but it wasnt it was reverberating down the exhaust to the back... just an idea! rattles are sooo fecking annoying....

yeah just put it in over the top of the old one... :D

cheers for offering to fit it for free toad! :D :D

find a student and pay him £100 plus petrol.... :D On ebay there is always the companies speciailising in alloy wheel haulage... try them, they might be able to help as wheels are awkward too!!!

there was a really nice looking red one for sale on edition38.com it was only a couple of grand if i remember correctly... I will try to find the link... http://www.edition38.com/forums/index.p ... audi+coupe

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... ryrn_79351 The above Sony CD player has got built in bluetooth,,,, its £99.99 fitted from Halfrauds... anyone got one? are they good? Bad? Useless? cheers

3corsameal, i have gsf brembos on my gti at the minute, they are very good indeed, but i guess you cant go wrong with a good brand BUT i have found gsf sell very poor parts, i have had 3 water pumps for my mk3 gti, then a dealer one and it's fantastic (the gsf ones kept on ripping all the belts off and eventually burst my radiator). 3 sets of rear wheel bearings, this last set seem fine, but wait and see... One plus point for them is their customer service.. On all of the above parts I have only paid for 1 item and they have covered all labour and parts on the repairs without ay pushing... imho I would buy dealer parts now if i can afford them, they simply are just better parts..

wow they look fantastic, you must have aching arms by now!

got the bj's done on my mk3 golf gti by alan from autechnic in totton for £60 all in.... and guess what, the car felt like new.... now it steers rather than wallows from side to side...

search for it on the site this topic has been covered... :)

knooobs

Surely it would be roughly a follows: Oil Oil Filter Air filter Spark plugs (if it needs them) Fuel filter Dizzy Cap (does a vr have these?) Rotor arm ( " " ) Belts A top up with coolant (g11 or g12 i think) Then more things will get done as you find faults!! ha ha like cv boots etc etc... GSF if you call them should sort you out.... Filters are cheap from the stealers too if you prefer genuine! matt

oh well sh!t happens yet another bullsh!t vw specialist gone!!!! at the end of the day they are a GARAGE.... why does specialist in their title mean they have to charge more, i wouldn't bother with any apart from 2 that have good reputations on here..... special name = special prices!!! BBT are wlecome to them,,,, like you have afore mentioned they are max power tat sellers at best...

would you like to know what you need..... oil oil filter air filter etc etc etc or what?

scarlet_vr6 : the folly is mint, used to go sailing up to htere from hamble with me step dad, got v v drunk quite a few times... But tbh where i come from its called the isle of sh!te!!!! (waits for hte torrent of abuse! :lol: ) Although i have had some very good times there at cowes week getting merry and smoking (need i say more)......

lucky lucky boy ;) i am v jealous

welcome... enjoy :)

ben16v - how? :)